For anyone familiar with the implementation of change initiatives within organisations, the capability of project management as a discipline has long been accepted as critical to its success. The maturity of this capability is underpinned by the availability of a breadth of project management qualifications and accreditation’s including some of the better known such as: […]

As the potential of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit increases the closer that we get to the March 2, 2019 date so the need to assess and make contingencies for the risks associated with it heightens. A recent leaked email to NHS England boss Simon Stevens from NHS Providers, the group representing hospitals and ambulance services in […]

Given the reciprocal imposing of tariffs on US goods and services by the EU and China, the news that Harley Davidson is shifting some of its production from its Wisconsin facility to other facilities outside of the US is no great surprise. President Trump tweeted his disappointment in their approach stating that he was ‘Surprised […]

I have a missed over 9000 shots in my career, I have lost over 600 games, on 26 separate occasions I was trusted to take the winning shot and missed. Over and over and over again I have failed. That is why I succeed. The words of Michael Jordan, the most successful player in the […]

As the May 25 deadline for GDPR compliance draws ever closer, it is fascinating to observe how the free market is self-regulating in the case of the personal data breach between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. As Apple CEO Tim Cook stated this week: “We could make a tonne of money if we monetised our customer, […]

A gift from the past… that helps create a better future. I recently facilitated a pre-retirement workshop with a group of 50+ employees from a district council in the Midlands. Along with the key issues of finance and benefits, health and healthcare, use of time and changes in relationships that are normally topmost in the […]

As many organisations have moved from traditional development to implementing the principles of Agile development in the delivery of products and services, so there has been a need to rethink the approach to performance management to complement this shift. The implementation of Agile principles breaks down the delivery of products and services into much smaller […]

It is again that time of year when many of us take a few minutes to step back from the whirlwind of our day-to-day and consider what are the wildly important things that we would like to change in this next year that will have a significant impact on the well-being of our lives. Sadly; […]

If May 25th 2018 is not already highlighted on your calendar then I suggest that you mark it now. Why? Because after this date, failure to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) could result in a £20M fine or 4% of your organisation’s global turnover (whatever is the greater.) What is driving […]

Once again the issue of UK productivity has raised it’s painful head. With the 2017 Budget came the news from the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) that the UK economy will grow by less than 2% in each of the next 5 years – the worst forecast since 1983. Underpinning this is an even more […]